Would You??

No. Even if it helped one aspect of my future, it might ruin other parts.

Which Star Trek (or Star Wars) character would you most like to arm wrestle with?

I'd like to WATCH Spock take on Worf!

Which Star Trek series was the best?

Yes I would. ;-)

If a stranger made an insulting comment to you during a plane flight, would you ignore it or say something back?

I think it would depend on what they say and the circumstances, my mood at the time but if they spoke directly to me
(opposed to me overhearing them) I would probably say something back.

If you found out you were adopted (and you had a really good relationship with your adoptive family) would you feel it was important to try and find out who your biological parents were?

No, I wouldn't. If I had had brothers and sisters, though, I would probably want to know them, so I might try to find out eventually, but I would do so with maximum discretion and sensitivity to my adoptive parents.

Same question.

Not really. If you are happy, don't dig up what you may not like.

Would you like to trace your family tree?

It could be fun, but it's not a high priority.

Would you support a mandatory DNA and fingerprint registry in your country?

No.

Would you support christian missionaries going into areas of uncontacted tribes (amazon) to spread christianity?

No, if it were possible I would actively stop them.

You inherit your Aunt Edna's collection of old creepy dolls, what would you do with them?

The same thing I did with my mother's Hummels: sell them on ebay.

Would you support public video cameras if they significantly reduced street crime?

I am going to have to go with no to that.

You lend a significant amount of money to a relative and they refuse to pay you back, would you take them to court?

If it was for a relative, I would only give it to them. Lending money is business (and hard-nosed business), and I wouldn't do that with family. So nay?

Same question.

No I wouldn't take them to court.

Would you step in to stop a parent who you thought was physically disciplining his or her child a bit too severely?

Yes, not for a spanking, but for anything egregious, you bet.

Would you?

Aaaaaahhhh I can't say until it happens. I probably would not, out of cowardice.

Would you bet all of your money on something which you knew was 9-1 in your favour?

No way.

If you saw an alligator while you were fishing would you leave the area?

Yep, and never return probably. I'm quite scared of animals big enough and with the inclination to kill me.

If you saw a bear mauling a hiker about a hundred feet in front of you would you rush towards it and try to scare it off, or leave the area and try to get help?

Try to run it off. I usually hike with a Gurka knife anyway.

Would you admit to your kids that you weren't exactly an angel back in high school?

For the bear, I'd back off slowly and call for help (no point in our both getting killed) if it was a brown bear and hadn't spotted me. If it had, I would stand my ground and make the call. If it was a black bear, I would make the call, then get the hell out. Poor guy, but two lunches is only going to make Yogi fat.

And I've got nothing to hide about High School.

Would you go to a boring one hour seminar in which a lawyer pressures you to hire him to make your will in return for a free Italian dinner at an outstanding local restaurant?

No I would not, unless the restaurant was outrageously expensive I would just go there myself.


If you were in a survival situation were you had to try an survive in the wilderness and you could only have one item with you what would you choose?

Well it, would depend on the terrain, of course. Assuming that I had clothes (including shoes), I would 1) want a knife strung enough to cut saplings for shelters if it were a warm region; or 2) reliable means to make a fire if it were a cold region. I would also want a cell phone so I could order some Chinese food.

Would you hop a train if your tipsy friend really thought it would be fun?

Yes. Even without a tipsy friend.

If you, in an agreement with God / destiny, could travel back in time and meet your favorite dead author at a nice retreat with good food and wine for lengthy discussions and exchange of ideas over 1 week, would you agree to having your life reduced by 52 weeks?

No. I'd rather spend the 52 weeks reading his or her books.

What characters from Dickens would you invite to your birthday party?

You probably mean "Would you invite Fagin and the Artful Dodger to your birthday party?"
I would.

Would you rather have spent New Year's Eve Dec 31 1999 with a guest of your choice at Barbara Streisand's concert in Las Vegas (2 VIP tickets face price $1m) if you were gifted the tickets.... or spend the evening the way you actually did?

As I hurt my knee when I was watching the rockets with my parents and could barely move for the next couple of days, I think even Barbra Streisand would have been preferable.

If Ursula Oppens played a program of Elliott Carter's solo piano works near you, would you go see it?

No, it's she's just too Italian neorealist. :)

With my luck, Clockwise, I'd probably get Ebenezer Scrooge.

How would you have ended A Christmas Carol if you were writing it for modern readers?

Basically the same only it would be one of the 1% who have the worst reputation for ruthless dealing, and they would give away every cent they had, even selling all assets, and become a humble street preacher
castigating the rich for their greed.

How would you rewrite Moby Dick?

Queequeg reveals that he's really a woman; Ishmael feels better about sleeping with him at the start of the book, until he turns out to be pregnant. Moby and Ahab work their problems out maturely. Starbuck's market share strategy destroys Stubb's lifelong dream of opening a coffee shop. Everyone goes to Seaworld.

Would you get in a swimming pool with an 8,000-12,000 pound, more or less disgruntled, killer whale?

Definitely not, those things go insane in captivity.

Would you rather be an eco-terrorist or a corporate criminal?

I'd rather be law abiding! :)

Local Police or FBI as a job?

Local police, if retirement ever seems like too much work. (J/k).

Would you rather leave a tidy sum to your heirs or live well and die broke?

I'd like to think I had something to pass on...

Is there a writer that you cannot abide? Whom?

Yes, but some here like him, and I don't want to make them feel bad about themselves or inhibit them from reading what they love.

Is there a writer you consider "over your head"?

A lot of them, but it might show my ignorance to name one, and in the world of fine literature a Southern American already has two strikes against him!

Would you read what is described as "The most boring Sherlock Holmes adventure (by any author) you've ever read?"

If it was by Conan Doyle, I'd read it and make up my own mind. I probably wouldn't read any Sherlock Holmes pastiche, but not because of how someone else had described it.

Would you you visit a friend in prison if he had confessed to multiple murders?

If we're talking a Sonya/Raskolnikov scenario, definitely.

Would you rather be forever trapped in a morgue, or be completely aware while sitting in a lobotomy chair whilst being operated on?

Neither sounds good, but I'd take the morgue, given a choice.

Would you rather investigate a haunted graveyard or a haunted house?

Either would be fine. There's no such thing as ghosts.

If someone were publicly ribbing you for not wearing a colored ribbon indicating that you had made a nominal contribution to a well publicized charity, would you make it clear that you just contributed much more to a less supported charity of your own choosing, or take the slight and keep the information to your self?

I would tell the offending party to go **** themselves but I wouldn't bother to tell anyone how much I had donated to anything, so the latter.

Would you keep giving your patronage to a struggling business because you wanted to see it succeed even if everything they sold could be purchased online, with same day delivery, for 75% of what they sell for?

Nope.

Would you?